The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-15
ART OF CLOTHES cUrTINu.
Schools where the Tsiiors' TRAD" Il
Notwithstanding "Good Fits"

soThese schools are not very wen a''
tended now, but IL you were TO go to them
in the summer months, when the tailor
business is In its vacation. so to speak,
Won rould find scores and scores OF young
men busy with measures and shears prac-
ticinp the fine art Of cutting clothes that
will III. II is a beautiful and enhancing
study" said the cutter, with proud con
seriousness of the worth OF his calling,
"and it is one that everybody cannot
master in its perfection any more than
every one can become great painter, or
n great singer OF great statesman IL
takes time and genius to make you good
cutter
GLOW mucn timey' the reporter asked.
"That depends on the natural gifts of
the pupil. Nobody can learn IT IN much
less than three months, however, ana
neither Of the tailor colleges Will give less
than "A quarters tuition The pupil -
first taught to draft out patterns for
clothes with chalk and a wooden measure
from the measurement memoranda given
by the professor. When be has got so
that these patterns will produce gar
ment that will fit something besides
lamp post or pump he IA allowed to try
his hand on a live customer. If Inc makes
errors the errors are corrected by the pro
fessOr, and he tries again, until In lew
weeks, more or less, provided Of course
that he IS gifted with the natural genius
that can alone produce a perfect ut, he Is
able to claim his diploma and start out
into the wide world TO lead triumphant
career i'm the benellcent work Of clothing
mankind so that the grace and manly
beauty of the race can be fully developed
Ready made clothes are always made
on even figure measurements-that IS To
say. a coat is 32 or 30 or 40 or some even
figure in chest measurement and the
waist measurements Of the trousers are
arranged Oh the same scale. IL doesn
pay 10 have odd figures, because the de
mand for them s comparatively inconsid
cradle II You should put on ready
made garment and find that 10 was Just
trine too large or too small around the
chest OF waist you would find that the
garment had been made so that the alter.
alton could be quickly made for YOU
Grading is simply making an ail0wanc,
for alteration It's Il clever trade knacb
and invaluable in the great ready made
clothing establishments
There is "A common belief thai there l.
a secret trick of the trade in cutting for
custom trade Have you any objection 20
giving that secret away
Not in the least, Cntter Drury r.
piled with a laugh "rhc SO called uics
Of the trade is merely the knack of saving
material by arranging the pattern On the
cloth so That the least possible quantity o.
the material viii be used .n making lhc
garment This IS something by which
She customer loses nothing, and the tailor
saves good deal Ii simply proves Tho
superior art Of the cutter An unskll.fm
tailor for example Will waste q g0oi deal
Of cloth by the clumsy arrangement %
the pattern. On the other hand a tlal
who knows his business thoroughly can
crowd the pattern as we say in technl
cal lingo, into small space, and thus save
unnecessary waste without maring th
garment or producing misht That
all the secret there is 10 IT, 10 isn't much.
as YOU see 1t all lies in understanding
what YOU re about, and that believe. D..
the secret OF success in all the learned
professions New York sun